"special team" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Football (American)",
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      "glosses": [
        "A group of football players with special assignments for plays other than standard offensive and defensive plays, such as those involving kicking."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American football) A group of football players with special assignments for plays other than standard offensive and defensive plays, such as those involving kicking."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "suicide squad"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "American-football",
        "ball-games",
        "football",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Ice hockey",
          "orig": "en:Ice hockey",
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            "Hockey",
            "Winter sports",
            "Sports",
            "Winter activities",
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      "glosses": [
        "A group of ice hockey players most often used during power plays consisting of more defensive players than usual on the team that was penalized in hopes of killing the penalty, or more offensive players than usual on the team with the advantage in players to increase the chance of scoring a goal."
      ],
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        [
          "ice hockey",
          "ice hockey"
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          "power plays",
          "power plays"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ice hockey) A group of ice hockey players most often used during power plays consisting of more defensive players than usual on the team that was penalized in hopes of killing the penalty, or more offensive players than usual on the team with the advantage in players to increase the chance of scoring a goal."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "ice-hockey",
        "lifestyle",
        "skating",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "special team"
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "en:Football (American)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A group of football players with special assignments for plays other than standard offensive and defensive plays, such as those involving kicking."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "American football",
          "American football"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American football) A group of football players with special assignments for plays other than standard offensive and defensive plays, such as those involving kicking."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "suicide squad"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "American-football",
        "ball-games",
        "football",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Ice hockey"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A group of ice hockey players most often used during power plays consisting of more defensive players than usual on the team that was penalized in hopes of killing the penalty, or more offensive players than usual on the team with the advantage in players to increase the chance of scoring a goal."
      ],
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        ],
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          "power plays",
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        ]
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        "(ice hockey) A group of ice hockey players most often used during power plays consisting of more defensive players than usual on the team that was penalized in hopes of killing the penalty, or more offensive players than usual on the team with the advantage in players to increase the chance of scoring a goal."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "ice-hockey",
        "lifestyle",
        "skating",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "special team"
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